Rita Ostrovskaya Explained
Rita Ostrovskaya (Ukrainian: Рита Островська; born 1953) is a Ukrainian photographer, living in Kassel, Germany. Her work has contributed to the preservation of traces of Jewish culture in Ukraine.[1] [2] [3] Ostrovskaya's work is held in the collection of the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art.[4]
Work
Ostrovskaya was born in Kyiv.[5] She studied cinematography and journalism in Leningrad.[6]
Her large-scale project Jews in the Ukraine contains a series of photographs of typical Jewish towns—shtetl—in Ukraine, and the lives of Jews living in them. It was made between 1989 and 2001, beginning with Shargorod, at a time of significant change. Her accompanying text describes Jewish customs and cultural rituals that were being practiced.[5]
Since 2001, she has been living and working in Kassel, Germany.[2] She is also a ceramicist.
Publications
- Jews in the Ukraine. With photographs and accompanying text by Ostrovskaya.
- Jews in the Ukraine: 1898–1994 Shtetls. Berlin: Hatje Cantz, 1996. . English-language version.
- Juden in der Ukraine. Berlin: Hatje Cantz, 1996. . German-language version.
Collections
Ostrovskaya's work is held in the following permanent collection:
Awards
External links
Notes and References
- Web site: 2022-03-19. Фотограф Рита Островская. Музей Российской Фотографии.
- Web site: 2022-03-19. 4 Ukrainian women in "World history of women-photographers". 20 November 2020. The Odessa Journal.
- Book: Lebart . Luce . Robert . Marie . 2020 . Une histoire mondiale des femmes photographes . Paris . Textuel . 978-2-84597-843-0.
- Web site: 2022-03-19. Ostrovskaya, Rita. SFMOMA.
- Web site: 2022-03-19. Чорно-біла сучасність єврейських містечок в Україні - DW - 27.01.2012. Deutsche Welle.
- Web site: Rita Ostrovskaya | Fotografie | Hatje Cantz Verlag . Hatjecantz.de . 2022-05-04.
